Moses and Mama

No doubt, mornings are the best...although sometimes Moses wakes me up a little too early for my liking! But that's my private time with him, while everyone else is still sleeping.

After a month being away from work and staying home with my hubby and son, I am now back at the office full-time. It's a tough adjustment because I keep thinking of these two precious guys in my life and our home life. I miss them very much when I am at the office.

My days are usually alike -- Moses and I wake up at the crack of dawn, and we roll about. He'll ask for "buah" or "bish" (biscuit). We watch TV (Cubeez and Krayon on Channel 552 because we can't afford the Cartoon Network!). We read. Then at 7:30 or 8 am, we go down and I make breakfast (he loves omelettes or bread and cheese).

He really takes after me in the way he brings food up to his nose for a sniff. Hubby says that's exactly what I do, too! I guess, for me, eating is something you need to engage with all your senses, especially your sense of smell. (Just the other day, during the mid-autumn festival, a neighbour came to Moses bearing a piece of durian. I was horrified because I didn't want him to take such a rich fruit at this age. Fortunately, Moses sniffed at it, didn't like the smell one bit and turned up his nose at it! Haha!).

Then after breakfast, we wake Ayah up and take walks around the block, visit the neighbours, go to Uncle's house and look at the fish in his pond, go for bike rides around the neighbourhood. Then it's time for Moses' bath, milk and morning nap.

While he's napping, we make lunch. He loves potatoes, fish, chicken and takes leafy veggies (Good boy!). His favourite is when I make kurma ayam. He just gobbles it up!

Moses is usually up by noon. He eats, rides his little car; gets on his horsie, Chief; we play some baby songs on the computer. Then he naps again around 2:30 or 3 pm.

In the evenings, we go for walks around the neighbourhood again, play some football, visit the neighbours, have tea (pancakes, more bread, fruits, etc.)

Evenings are quiet times. We have dinner, read books, watch some cartoons, turn on Oasis channel and listen to the doas, then tuck him in to bed.